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Post here every time you get something new!

o1s1n · 2009-10-29 14:50:37

I saw this idea on another forum and thought to give it a go here. Title says it all. - Any time you buy some new arcade or retro goodies post about it here so we can all admire/drool in jealousy.... (And plan to raid your house :pac:) Pictures optional...but better!

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#7952 14-02-2012 10:47pm
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Feckin Klipso bars are like brittle cardboard! I always imagined that's what cold war Russian chocolate tasted like.

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#7953 14-02-2012 10:52pm
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Big Time = sore jaws!

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#7954 14-02-2012 11:04pm
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Sore jaw and loose teeth!

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#7955 14-02-2012 11:36pm
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o1s1n wrote: »

Sore jaw and loose teeth!

It's all worth it for the 'Finished a Big Time Trophy in one go', that you get.

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#7956 14-02-2012 11:38pm
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As well as the Klipsos and Mint Crisp you have Macaroon bars also.

Does anyone remember the Smiley Bars?

They were basically Orange Flavoured Chomp bars. I miss them.

Used to love Tayto Snaps as a kid, but these days its like biting on air bubbles.

They're not a bit dense, I'm not sure if this was always case.

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#7957 14-02-2012 11:45pm
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I think this is a more appropriate thread for retro foody goodies reminiscing.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76880517

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#7958 15-02-2012 12:09am
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I want to hear what ciderman has to say on this whole sweet thing, I bet hes had sweets we can only imagine!

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#7959 15-02-2012 12:18am
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OwaynOTT wrote: »

I think this is a more appropriate thread for retro foody goodies reminiscing.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76880517

Most threads in this forum go waaaay more off topic than that :pac:

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#7960 15-02-2012 12:29am
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Sera wrote: »

have you to go to the old sweet shop for them? my local shop sells them all year round not sure for the Wham bars, don't really look for them.

But that's Limerick isn't it?
So technically still the 1980's :pac:

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#7961 15-02-2012 12:52am
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Steve SI wrote: »

But that's Limerick isn't it?
So technically still the 1980's :pac:

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More like 1950s
Empty empty empty empty

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#7962 15-02-2012 12:55am
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waveform wrote: »

you have Macaroon bars also, used to love Tayto Snaps as a kid.

Macaroon is one of my favourites and so is snaps, I had a snaps voyage awhile back, they were really hard to find.

Steve SI wrote: »

But that's Limerick isn't it?
So technically still the 1980's :pac:

yeah, that's why on my lappy this forum is "arcade and modern"

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#7963 15-02-2012 12:56am
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Jack burton wrote: »

I want to hear what ciderman has to say on this whole sweet thing, I bet hes had sweets we can only imagine!

Hmm,
Pink Panther Bars
A quarter of apple drops
Spangles
Jawbreakers
When Snickers were called Marathon bars
Lollipops for a half penny.

The 70s were good times!

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#7964 15-02-2012 1:12am
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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hmm,
Pink Panther Bars
A quarter of apple drops
Spangles
Jawbreakers
When Snickers were called Marathon bars
Lollipops for a half penny.

The 70s were good times!

Pink panther bars = yummy!

So it's now the arcade/retro/sweets and junkfood/terry pratchett/ limerick bashing forum.

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#7965 15-02-2012 1:58am
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There's a grotty little shop next to the radio station where we record the podcast that sells all these sweets at a fraction of the cost that shops in Temple Bar do.

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#7966 15-02-2012 3:20am
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My probably favourite sweet right now are those nougat bars you can find at the counter in some shops.

Also I don't buy ANYTHING Nestle for ethical reasons.

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#7967 15-02-2012 4:08am
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A good bar of nougat with nuts is just divine.

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#7968 15-02-2012 8:51am
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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hmm,
Pink Panther Bars
A quarter of apple drops
Spangles
Jawbreakers
When Snickers were called Marathon bars
Lollipops for a half penny.

The 70s were good times!

We're Pink Panther bars the sponge cake yokes with bright pink icing? They were AMAZING.

Apple drops were grand but for me it was all about cola cubes, sherbet lemons, acid drops and chewing nuts. Oh and fizzy cola bottles and astro belts!

I remember snickers being called Marathon too. Christ I'm old.

Not old enough to remember half pennies and decimalisation though.

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#7969 15-02-2012 9:54am
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waveform wrote: »

As well as the Klipsos and Mint Crisp you have Macaroon bars also.

Does anyone remember the Smiley Bars?

They were basically Orange Flavoured Chomp bars. I miss them.

Used to love Tayto Snaps as a kid, but these days its like biting on air bubbles.

They're not a bit dense, I'm not sure if this was always case.

Cafferys , the guys who made the macaroon bar on top if I remember rightly , are based around the corner from the house I grew up in.As were Brennan's bakery , so basically half the mornings I remember , everything smelled either of cooking toffee, or baking bread.
Lovely!
A few years later I ended up living in clonee, which is downwind of the Keypack rendering plant...
Not so lovely!

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#7970 15-02-2012 11:26am
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Here's a pic of when Cidey got that part time job in the sweet shop

Macaroon bars.

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#7971 15-02-2012 11:45am
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Easy there EnterNow, there was no need for all that airbrushing. You should have posted the real photo!

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#7972 15-02-2012 12:57pm
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EnterNow wrote: »

Here's a pic of when Cidey got that part time job in the sweet shop

Who can take a rainbow
Wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie
The Cider Man
The Cider Man can
The Cider Man can 'Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good!

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#7973 15-02-2012 12:59pm
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Drat and double drat!

Got my second pink micro today. Screen is scratched! Any idea where the best place is to get a replacement faceplate? Or hey does anyone have a spare?

Oh and you gotta live early morning auctions on the eBay. Just wind 3 brand spanking new Terry Pratchett collectors editions for less than what you would earn working in Supermacs for a few hours before lunch.

Got a bundle of Snes carts before for a very reasonable price, that included: Sunset Riders, Yoshi Island, Donkey Kong 2, Pop'N'Twinbee and more.

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#7974 15-02-2012 1:04pm
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OwaynOTT wrote: »

Drat and double drat!

Got my second pink micro today. Screen is scratched!

Is that the one from Adverts?

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#7975 15-02-2012 1:06pm
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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Who can take a rainbow
Wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie
The Cider Man
The Cider Man can
The Cider Man can 'Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good!

Thanks a bunch! That song will be on a continuous loop in my head all day now! I'm trying to get my head into Locke's Leviathan and this is not going to help it one iota.

Only one thing for it -

Super-teen extraordinaire
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
Runs around in underwear
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Rescues Washington D.C.
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
Unless something better's on TV
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

His brain's overloading
It has a chocolate coating
Textbook case for Sigmund Freud
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Check out Dexter Douglas
Nerd computer ace
Went surfing on the internet
And was zapped to cyberspace

He turned into the Freakazoid
He's strong and super-quick
He drives the villains crazy
'Cause he's a lunatic

His home base is the Freakalair
Freakazoid! Fricassee!
Floyd the Barber cuts his hair
Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!

Rides around in the Freakmobile
Freakazoid! Freakazoo!
Hopes to make a movie deal
Freaka me! Freaka you!

He's here to save the nation
So stay tuned to this station
If not, we'll be unemployed
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
Freakazoid!!!

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#7976 15-02-2012 1:08pm
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EnterNow wrote: »

Is that the one from Adverts?

One from adverts is fine, apart from the box missing its cardboard slip.

Got this one off eBay for €8 incl post.

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#7977 15-02-2012 1:10pm
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OwaynOTT wrote: »

Got this one off eBay for €8 incl post.

Holy crap, if it had no screen at all that still would have been a bargain!

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#7978 15-02-2012 1:14pm
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o1s1n wrote: »

Holy crap, if it had no screen at all that still would have been a bargain!

It's just the micro no charger, all that. And with it was a spongebob game and a knock-off Mario game. Haven't had a chance to test it yet....

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#7979 15-02-2012 1:16pm
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Still, great deal. They usually sell for at least €30 or so.

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#7980 15-02-2012 2:42pm
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o1s1n wrote: »

Still, great deal. They usually sell for at least €30 or so.

I got a boxed one off adverts for 35. Its in perfect condition. Its pink :cool:

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#7981 15-02-2012 4:52pm
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So after discovering an A500 was far too slow for Elite II, I purchased a boxed 1200.
It's also too slow :pac:
Ah well. Time for some quality anyway.

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